Jessica Leigh Hester

Jessica Leigh Hester is a senior associate editor at CityLab, covering environment and culture. Her work also appears in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, the New York Times, Modern Farmer, the Village Voice, Slate, the BBC, NPR, and other outlets.

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Environment

Saving Florida's Archeological History From Climate Change

In Miami-Dade County, researchers are working to save sites at risk of being destroyed by rising ocean waters.

Recycling is viewed at the Sims Municipal Recycling Facility, an 11-acre recycling center on the Brooklyn waterfront on April 22nd, 2015, in New York City.
Environment

Can a Team of Architects and Planners Fix New York City's Trash Problem?

The Zero Waste Guidelines are aimed at helping the city reach its goal of sending no garbage to landfills by 2030.